FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -The QWERTY keyboard was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, who invented it around 1867. Typewriters were in existence before that time, but none of them had a keyboard. The first working keyboard was developed by 1867, although it wasn’t a commercial success.

Detailed explanation-3: -The type-bars were speedy but tended to catch and jam the machine; so Sholes’ business associate James Densmore suggested splitting up keys for letters used commonly together. Thus today’s standard “QWERTY” keyboard was actually invented to slow down typing.